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“Fat Loss – simple. I have achieved something I never thought I was capable of doing. I have got down to a weight that...

“Client to Coach. Prior to seeing Jo I was struggling with recurrent hip, knee and Achilles injuries, which I had almost accepted as the...

“PARs Defect (fracture of spine) 2006 was a summer of playing lots of tennis tournaments, many matches back-to-back. Kat’s serve was poor as her...

Jo, I would like to thank you for showing me how to get my life back, after 10 years of steadily decreasing health following...

“Personally I feel fantastic and it is all down to you and your amazing healthy programme especially the BodyMOT Lifestyle & Biomechanical Assessment. I...

“At last, with HODA-A, a framework and language to describe a gold standard for hands on clinical assessment that challenges the simplification of hands-on...

“Jo’s research is remarkable in that it explores dimensions of manual therapy that practitioners have pondered and discussed for decades, but not actually identified...

“The idea of this research project impressed me much at the very beginning because the accuracy and validity of palpation are the keystones of...

“After listening to Jo’s presentation, I am more focused on trying to critically evaluate my own practical assessment techniques in an attempt to add...

“The importance of valid and reliable manual assessments in evaluating and treatment to achieve a stable jaw ( TMJ) and normal oromyofacial function such...

“HODA-A is giving musculoskeletal healthcare professionals a clear framework explaining what happens during active touch; something that science has failed to do before.”

“I joined HODA-A expecting general CPD. What I got was a complete recalibration of how I use my senses in clinical practice.  I didn’t...

“Finally, a study that makes sense of what I feel logically and intuitively when I put my hands on my patients as I try...

“I’ve taken a lot of courses, but HODA-A stands out as the most scientifically grounded and clinically applicable training I have ever attended. Jo’s...

“As a chiropractor, hands are everything. But I realised very quickly during Level 1 that I had never been taught how to calibrate them...

“Most courses teach you what to feel. HODA-A teaches you how you feel — and the difference is enormous. The cross-model sensory calibration labs...

“Finally research that resonates with how we actually practice as manual therapists; that takes in all the nuances of what we do beyond just...

“I’ve been a physio for 18 years, and nothing — absolutely nothing — has improved my hands-on reliability like HODA-A. The measurement theories opened...

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Dr Jo Abbott’s HODA-A research explores the measurement problem in musculoskeletal healthcare, reframing hands-on assessment as embodied perceptual measurement and clinician-as-instrument calibration.

These free downloads and blogs are intended to provide you with all the ‘tools’ you need for enhancing your health and well-being.

Understand why HODA-A exists — and why calibration must come before clinical interpretation.

This programme introduces the science behind...

Refine how your hands generate clinical signal through structured application, variable control, and integrated measurement understanding.

This level builds...

Objective: Learn to perform defensible, repeatable assessments using HODA-A's validated methods.

At this stage, you’ll...

Objective: Master patient-specific calibration, refine your sensory training, and deepen your clinical reasoning.

Here, you’ll...

Objective: Become a global leader in hands-on diagnostics and help shape the next generation of touch-based healthcare.

Refine your hands-on precision in the HODA-A Re-Calibrate Day—a dynamic, clinician-only session designed to refresh your calibration, boost diagnostic...